#EEE16B#EEE16B

#EEE16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.140 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE16B
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 55%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -10.24, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 59.24, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0315 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.14 103)
XYZ	xyz(64.8411, 73.0914, 24.5996)
Luminance	0.7309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE16B #6B78EE

analogous

#EEA06B #EEE16B #B9EE6B

triadic

#EEE16B #6BEEE1 #E16BEE

tetradic

#EEE16B #6BEEA0 #6B78EE #EE6BB9

square

#EEE16B #6BEEA0 #6B78EE #EE6BB9

split-complementary

#EEE16B #6BB9EE #A06BEE

monochromatic

#C8B617 #E8D634 #EEE16B #F4ECA2 #FBF7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#EEE16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE16B

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE16B	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.140 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea99',
    500: '#eee16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee16b;
$custom-light: #f6ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89726,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.73089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE16B

secondary

#3846C5

accent

#1FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE16B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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